Arizona asks US Supreme Court to halt prison healthcare takeover in ‘Hail Mary’ filing
Attorneys for Arizona’s prison system ran to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to make one last plea to delay a court-ordered takeover of its healthcare system. A federal district court judge and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already denied the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry’s request to put off receivership […]
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